Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-07-09

fHB VIEW YORk SWELL.
Your New-Yorker of the present gen.
GRAFTON is gorgeous to behold. He
wears, to begin with, tile, latest Pic
adilly style, smooth and shining enough
to bespeak him the proprietor of an e1-
cellent valet. The covert coat he has
long since relegated to wearers Of
ready-made clothing, who are of course
beneath consideration, and in its stead
he either wears short coat of black
cloth, or, If the weather permits it, ap-
pears In public without that very useful
article of gentlemanly apparel Apink
shirt and white collar and cuffs must
be sported by him who would be in the
very height of fashion, for though the
effect is weird in the extreme, has it
not been introduced by that social auto
crat. q. r H., the Prince of Wales?
Poor Mr.. Snodkins, it is true, made
sad mess of it when be attempted to
take the town by storm and burst upon
the astonished gaze of his fellow Knick-
erbockers in the absurdity of a white
shirt and pink collar; but then the
Snodkinses are VIGOROUSLY family of
imbeciles, with nothing but little
blue blood and unlimited credit to keep
their heads above water. The differ
ence between pink shirts and white col
lars and white shirts and pink collars is
obvious to the dullest observer. One
is the mode, the other monstrosity.
To return to the swell, be it known
that he adds to the roseate splendor of
his shirt tie of white pique. which he
knots himself into the approved form
with care not unworthy of BrummelL
In this he inserts a pin, sometimes q
precious pearl, an Oriental cat's-eye, a
ruby set in diamonds, single pearl of
great price, but more often the qaint
and curious conceit of some famous
jeweler, which is more than worth it's
weight in gold. His waistcoat-"wes-
kut" is the pronunciation, an it please
you, with due respect for our English
cousins-his waistcoat is cut after q
most decollete pattern, for all the
world like that worn with evening
dress, but it is fashioned from some
figured material foreshadowing an APP
prosch to the brocaded daintiness af-
fected by our forefathers. The cut
away coat remains unaltered in any
way, and is still preferred by nearly
every one to the frock coat, which has
long since seen its best days.
As for trousers, they are getting so
much more volum1nous than those of
last season that, as the club wits say,
the fashionable youth might just as we'll
adopt Lady Habberton's divided skirts.
Most of them came from the other side |
of the Atlantic, and are therefore be-
yond criticism, though they strike the
ordinary observer as being nothing new
in texture or material. The young
mems shoes are less pointed than of
yore. They seem to be generally made
of patent leather, and CATERS, now
brown, now dark blue, now of tan
colored leather, add the finishing touch
to their shiny elegance. A fob bangles
at the waist.line of the young man of
the period. Several rings adorn his
fingers and he carries cane with an
immense head of buckhorn, leaving sill
yer, with an air of disdain to lesser
lights and humble followers in beaudom.
Take him all and all, he Is thing of
beauty and joy forever, end We may
we'll be grateful to the higher powers
that have afforded us a spectacle at
once SO delightful and SO elevating.-
NeD Tork letter.
WOkK OF NATURES SCULPTOR.